Isaih
Masculine · “Hebrew Yeshayahu”
The book of Isaiah has more than one author. Chapters forty onward address an audience already in exile in Babylon, two centuries after the prophet of the opening chapters, and the division between First and Second Isaiah has been standard scholarship since the late eighteenth century.
How old is the name Isaih?
Isaih first appears in US birth records in 1894 — 131 years ago. The typical Isaih alive today was born around 2000, making them about 25 years old. About 1,400 people named Isaih are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Isaih most popular?
Isaih peaked in 1894, reaching #1074 nationally. Today it ranks #9714, 8,640 places below that high. See the whole 1894 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Yeshayahu to Isaih
The story of Isaih
Johann Christoph Doederlein argued in 1775 that the second half of the book belonged to a different writer, and the case has held. The first thirty-nine chapters address eighth-century Judah, name its kings, and warn about Assyria. From chapter forty the situation is entirely different: Babylon has already destroyed Jerusalem, the audience is in exile, and Cyrus of Persia is named as the deliverer, which places the writing around 540 BC. The style, vocabulary and theology differ measurably. Many scholars separate a third section, chapters fifty-six to sixty-six, addressed to those who have returned. None of this diminishes the book, which is the most quoted prophetic text in the New Testament, and the fact that it was assembled and transmitted as a unit is itself part of its history.
Meaning
Hebrew Yeshayahu, Yah is salvation
Isaih is a respelling of Isaiah, Hebrew Yeshayahu, joining a root meaning to save to Yahu, the divine name. The dropped a is an American simplification. The 1894 peak of this spelling places it well before the modern respelling era, which suggests a transcription rather than a choice. The peak is 1894.
How the name formed
- Yeshayahu
- Isaiah
- Isaih
Related forms: Isaiah · Yeshayahu · Isaias
Pronouncing Isaih
eye-ZAY-uh
Three syllables, stress on the second. Isaih and Isaiah are homophones; the dropped a is invisible in speech.
Nicknames for Isaih
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1894
- Most boys named
- 199974 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1074reached in 1894
- Change vs 2023
- −22.2%7 in 2025, from 9
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Isaih in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Isaiah in English — spelling variant
- Yeshayahu in Hebrew — same name
- Isaias in Spanish — same name
Isaihs among us
people named Isaih are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 244,011 born in 2025 was named Isaih
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Isaih
- #9714
- Isaih on the 2025 chart
- #736
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Isaih went to 7 boys in 2025, but Isai is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 193, which makes it the 736th most-given boys’ name of the year — 8,978 places above the chart.
- Isai186
- Isaih7
About 1 boy in 8,850 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 244,011 for Isaih itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Isaih sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Isaih beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Isaih in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Zay and Izzy are both established short forms.
- The book behind it is among the most quoted texts in the world.
- Three syllables with clear middle stress.
- Isaiah is overwhelmingly the standard spelling.
- The dropped a will be read as an error.
- The 1894 peak places it well over a century ago.
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Frequently asked
- How many Isaihs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,400 people named Isaih are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Isaih?
- Isaih is one of 2 recorded spellings. Isai is the more common one — 186 births in 2025 against 7 for Isaih.
- How popular is the name Isaih in 2025?
- Isaih ranks #9714 among US boy names in 2025, with 7 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Isaih?
- About 1 in every 244,011 US boys born in 2025 was named Isaih — 7 in all.
- Will my child share the name Isaih with classmates?
- Isaih will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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